A fun "live action" Anime.

Rating: 7/10 (6 October 2013)

I enjoyed this movie a great deal. It is a classic "leave your brain at the door" type of flick, but it is immensely fun. Being a fan of Anime, especially Anime centered around Mechas, I had a feeling that I would like this film, and I did, very much.
Pluses: The special effects were phenomenal. The Mechas and monsters had real "weight" to them and moved naturally and fluidly. The camera-work in the action scenes was easily followable, and fluid as well, unlike the Transformers movies, which kind of give me a headache. The Story, although pretty basic and 'over the top' science, was right off the pages of a Manga, and the Japanese female character had great short hair with blue streaks and big 'ol Anime eyes. (pretty obvious that she was picked for her looks more so than her acting abilities) and all-in-all real cool. This movie also, because of the fast pace and good action (there are a few scenes that drug a little, but I'll be forgiving) makes for a lot of rewatchability, which, for me at least, A lot of movies like this, don't have.
I do have a couple of negatives however; one being the acting wasn't too great, not painfully bad though, and honestly didn't detract from the fun of the film. The musical score by The RZA was pretty lame. It really didn't seem to fit with the movie, and in most scenes, kind of took the life out of the fight scenes a bit with it's funky groove. Dialogue, although had some amusing homages to many o' Sci-Fi flicks, was kind of listless and just seemed lacking, no real memorable lines from the whole film. And lastly, although they were pretty cool, I think they could have done better with the look of the Kaiju, they all just kind of looked like the 1999 "Godzilla" and the aliens from "Independence Day" had a love child, and it was a bit difficult to discern between them. 'THIS ONE IS A LEVEL FIVE!!!' ... And it looks pretty much just like all the others, so I can't really feel how bad ass it is. *shrug* That all being said, very fun, very enjoyable movie to waste a couple of hours, down right *must see* for Japanese Anime/Manga and monster flicks fans out there. A solid 7, above par, will watch again, but not anything mind blowing.
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